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July 23, 2017 News Release

Vietnam: New Threats to Growing Online Community

Drop Case Against Rights Defender Tran Thi Nga

Tran Thi Nga protests against the arrest of blogger “Mother Mushroom” in October 2016.
July 20, 2017 News Release

Poland: Draft Law Threatens Supreme Court

EU Should Act on Moves to Undermine Judicial Independence

Protesters gather in front of the Parliament building during an opposition protest in Warsaw, Poland, July 16, 2017
July 19, 2017 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Ban of Islamist Group Undermines Rights

Government Targeting of Hizbut Tahrir Curtails Free Speech, Association

A masked member of the Islamic group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia takes part in a rally in Makassar, South Sulawesi, November 1, 2009.
July 19, 2017 Commentary

Merkel should stand up to Hungary's Fidesz in Europe

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban looks up during a plenary session at the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels, Belgium April 26, 2017.
July 18, 2017 News Release

Tajikistan: Stop Persecuting Opposition Families

US, EU Should Urgently Address Retaliation

Saifullo Saidov, deputy director of the Strategic Research Center of the Office of the President of Tajikistan.
July 18, 2017 Commentary

Essam Koshak Case Will Test Saudi Arabia’s ‘Reformed’ Prosecution Service

Essam Koshak
July 18, 2017 Witness

Witness: Russia’s New Normal

An Increase in Prosecutions for Social Media Posts is Silencing Russia’s Citizens

Ekaterina Vologzheninova
July 18, 2017 Dispatches

Review of Somalia’s Media Law Falls Short

Key Provisions that Severely Restrict Speech Remain

Journalists queue for a security sweep outside the venue of the presidential vote at the airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu
July 18, 2017 News Release

Russia: Assault on Freedom of Expression

Repressive Laws and Policies Restrict Online Speech, Stifle Critical Voices

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July 18, 2017 News Release

Turkey: Disgraceful Court Ruling To Jail Rights Defenders

Six Activists Held During Investigation, Four Released Pending Trial

Human rights defenders detained by police in Istanbul on July 5, 2017. From bottom left: Nalan Erkem; Nejat Taştan; İlknur Üstün, İdil Eser, Özlem Dalkıran, Günal Kurşun.
July 17, 2017 News Release

Laos: No Progress on Rights

Australia Should Use Dialogue to Raise Free Speech, ‘Disappearances’

July 17, 2017 Statement

Australia – Laos Human Rights Dialogue

Human Rights Watch Submission

July 14, 2017 News Release

Cambodia: Drop Charges Against Land Rights Defenders

Activist Tep Vanny Detained 333 Days for Peaceful Protests

Activist Tep Vanny takes part in a land rights protest in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 7, 2012.
July 14, 2017 News Release

Ukraine: Separatists ‘Disappeared’ Blogger

Stanyslav Aseev Held Incommunicado in Donetsk

Stanyslav Aseev.
July 13, 2017 Letter

Open Letter on Detention of Human Rights Defenders in Turkey

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